Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

SCRIPTURE:  MALACHI 1 INTRODUCTION: Malachi means “My Messenger”.  Malachi lived after the temple had been rebuilt.  He was concerned about the religious life of the Jews who did not have good relationship with God.  The people were backslidden, the priests were worldly and the nation failed to give God what they should have.  In his… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/23/25 (Sunday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 14  THE LORD COMES AND REIGNS (vs. 1-21) SIGNS WHEN THE LORD WILL COME:  Plundered will be divided. (v. 12)  All nations will fight against Jerusalem.  The city will be captured, houses ransacked and the women raped.  1/2 of the city will go into exile. (v. 2)  The Lord will fight against the… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/22/25 (Saturday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 13 CLEANSING FROM SIN (vs. 1-6)  God will banish the names of the idols from the land. (v. 2a)  God will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. (v. 2b)  Anyone who prophecies lies in the Lord’s name will be stabbed by his own parents. (v. 3)  Every… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/21/25 (Friday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 12 JERUSALEM’S ENEMIES TO BE DESTROYED – AN ORACLE (vs. 1-9) WHAT GOD WILL DO:  I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. (v. 3)  I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. (v. 4a)  I will keep a a watchful eye over the house of… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/20/25 (Thursday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 11 TWO SHEPHERDS (vs. 4-17) The Lord told the shepherds to pasture the flock marked for slaughter.  But their own shepherd did not spare them.  So the Lord will not have pity on them.  He will hand them over to his neighbor and his king.  They will oppress the land and God will… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/19/25 (Wednesday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 10 THE LORD WILL CARE FOR JUDAH (vs. 1-12) GOD’S PROMISES TO JUDAH:  I will strengthen the house of Judah, save the house of Joseph and answer them.   (v. 6) The Ephraimites will become like mighty men, and their hearts will be glad.  Their children will be joyful and their hearts will rejoice… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/18/25 (Tuesday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 9 JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL’S ENEMIES – AN ORACLE (vs. 1-8) ISRAEL’S ENEMIES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT:  Tyre – The Lord will take away her possessions ands destroy her power on the sea and she will be consumed by fire. (v. 4)  Ashkelon will see it and fear and they will be deserted (v. 5a)… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/17/25 (Monday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 8 THE LORD PROMISES TO BLESS JERUSALEM (vs. 1-23) BLESSINGS OF GOD TO JERUSALEM:  I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called   the Holy Mountain.” (v. 3)  Men and women of old age… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/16/25 (Sunday)

SCRIPTURE:  ZECHARIAH 7 JUSTICE AND MERCY NOT FASTING (vs. 1-14) The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, together with their men to entreat the Lord by asking the priest and the prophets this question: “Should I mourn and fast in the 5th month as I have done for so many years?”  Then the Lord… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 2/15/25 (Saturday)